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Road closures hurting local business

BUSINESSES on the New Lodge road are being left high and dry due to a severe drop in footfall caused by ongoing road works, shop owners have claimed. Michael O’Kane of O’Kane’s butchers and Barry Saunders of Saunder’s Vivo said that their businesses have been brought to their knees since work by Northern Ireland Water […]

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Patience is urged as rapid transit works get going

WEST Belfast MP Paul Maskey has urged commuters to be patient as roadworks get under way during the busy back-to-school period to prepare the West Belfast section of the city’s new Belfast Rapid Transit (BRT) system. The extensive preparations for BRT are bound to cause traffic chaos, not only as schoolkids go back to class, […]

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Mum says shooting related to previous night’s incident

The mother of the 24-year-old shot twice in front of hundreds of people on Sunday night says she is angry that the ‘bully boys’ responsible didn’t give him any warning before attacking him. Emmet Doherty, 24, was shot twice in the leg on Flax Street within metres of the Ardoyne Fleadh stage where thousands of […]

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Mother of five beaten unconscious in brutal burglary

A New Lodge mother of five who was knocked unconscious after disturbing burglars in her home has branded the culprits “scum” after learning that they continued to beat her after striking the initial blow. Gina Kelly, 37, who suffers from serious health problems and is awaiting a liver transplant, was hospitalised for two days to […]

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Shock greets Visteon planning decision

CAMPAIGNING residents have been left shocked after the Planning Service ruled that Fold Housing’s application to build homes on the former Visteon site does NOT require to be accompanied by an Environmental Statement. Members of the Economic Regeneration of the Former Visteon Site group told us they were left gobsmacked by the decision, which means […]

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76-year-old woman sees off knife thug

A MASKED man armed with a 10-inch machete-like blade who attempted to rob a New Lodge shop was forced to flee empty handed after a 76-year-old pensioner “told him where to go”. Phidelma Saunders was working in her son’s Vivo store on the New Lodge Road on Monday afternoon when the masked man entered the […]

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